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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(August 08, 2016 09:04 PM)
At 12:14 a.m. on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea and sank in 12 minutes. Of 1,196 men on board, approximately 300 went down with the ship.
That's from
http://www.ussindianapolis.org/
Given that that was local time, the time in Washington would have been 17 hours behind that, so about 7am 29th June.
Even so, a sailor on the Indianapolis may still count 'just past midnight' as being part of the day of the 29th, given they were still awake but not on watch.
I think it's more reasonable for Quint to recall it as the 29th for both reasons, and because it makes it a more personal retelling.
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Negasonic_WoodChipper_Warhead — 9 years ago(August 09, 2016 05:54 AM)
I noticed Quint said the USS Indianapolis sank on June 29, 1945, when it was actually July 30, 1945.
Hey man, Quint was there, I think he would know!
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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(August 13, 2016 08:17 PM)
It does imply that there was little information about the tragedy freely available in 1974. A mistake like that would have been picked up on, if it were common knowledge. Of course, by 1976 every man and his (half chewed) dog knew about it.
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bastasch8647 — 9 years ago(August 13, 2016 08:03 PM)
They very much resemble the wire rim "granny glasses" so popular with youth in the Sixties. In fact I was a little surprised to see Dreyfuss wearing them in 1975 because enough time had elapsed since the peak of the hippie era that they were already becoming passe - but they looked good on him and gave him the "college boy tone"
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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 12:21 AM)
While Hooper's glasses are octagonal rimless (and change in size from time to time if I recall), the wire rimmed glasses you're talking about have their origins as pre WWII government subsidised prescription glasses. It was John Lennon who was dressed in them by wardrobe for the movie
How I Won The War
, playing the part of working class canon fodder. He identified with his character to the point that he adopted the wire rim look and brought it into counter culture popularity.
I was a Beatles tragic in my younger days, if you haven't guessed.
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benGsboat — 9 years ago(August 13, 2016 09:31 PM)
I only recently noticed Hooper's subtle, disgusted headshake as Quint pops open his beer.
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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 12:09 AM)
Just watching with the sound off- a great way to appreciate the visual details- I it's amazing how much of the Orca is made of rebar.
Also just noticed that when Quint goes around the side while Hooper complains that it's not a shark on the line, he goes right past the killing lances to grab the gaff hook. He didn't think it was a shark, either.
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draven_54501 — 9 years ago(August 29, 2016 05:49 PM)
I just saw it a few weeks ago in a theater and it was the first time I noticed the Tiger Shark that was caught had arrows sticking in it. Can't tell you how many times I have watched it and never caught that. And the first scene with all three of them together and Quint is testing every body's mettle. On a shelf there is a can of Campbells soup. Turkey noodle. Never have seen turkey noodle soup. I want to try it.
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business_nunya — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 08:32 PM)
I'm watching it now for like the 1000th time and for some reason the subtitles are on. I just noticed right before Chrissie disappears under the water, she's actually screaming "I don't want to die, I don't want to die, God please help" which I actually find really disturbing.
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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(September 02, 2016 12:23 AM)
Her pleading to god is part of the grit that sets that scene well and truly apart from Horror's argh argh errrrrr chew-the-scenery 'death scenes'. The big scare mojo of J is its realism and believability.
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beaconb — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 10:38 PM)
I'm so mad. Netflix sent out a notice that Jaws was available, so I decided to watch it, and was looking forward to one of my favorite scenes, where Quint mocks the kid who is playing a clarinet (Ode to Joy), and for whatever reason, it was cut out of the Netflix version! I checked the run time listed for the Netflix version, and it was 1 minute shorter than the full-length version. I'm wondering if it is because the kid playing the clarinet looked like he could be Jewish? A pretty lame reason to cut a scene, but that's the only reason I can think of. Anyone else have an idea why they cut that little scene?
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MrScary — 9 years ago(November 25, 2016 01:50 PM)
Watching it for the 100+ time right now, and never noticed Chief Brody has a dog. A cocker spaniel. The only scene I've seen it in was the scene where Ellen says "Wanna get drunk and fool around?" The dog is sitting on the left side of the screen and staring at the camera the whole time.
